[quote=svelte][quote=Coronita] I do need spend some time ro check with my headhunters tomorrow if anyone is willing to hire me for 1 day though…. I’m sure it’s most likely a no, but got to go through the motions. lol.[/quote]
Well that’s a change.
My company did the 1 day per week furlough in 1992 using the state of California program at that time and we did not have to show that we had applied for other work. I didn’t apply for any jobs while the furlough was in effect but still received checks from the state.[/quote]
I’m not sure if I do need to or not. But at least I thought I would give a “best effort” approach. Some think we do, some say we don’t. My HR dept is incompetent and doesn’t know. So I had to do a bunch of research on this. It’s really no big deal, because no company is going to hire someone for 1 day/week at the same compensation they they were previously making 5 days/week, especially folks in management. How do you manage something if you are only there 1 day/week?
Anyway, I think I made about 8 team members happy, because they were all pissed off that they were going to have their weekly income cut. Now that they see not only is there weekly income not cut, but they are also going to bring in a few hundred more each week for doing less, it’s interesting how work morale suddenly flipped around 180 degrees, and they mysteriously get everything we need to get done in 4 days as opposed to 5…lol.. I guess small things go along way for long term loyalty.
I think I’m certainly making team more happy than at other companies for which management simply didn’t give a shit and lopped of salaries by a certain percentage but didn’t bother to reduce people’s hours too Now they are still working the same hours, for less, and not qualified for work sharing UI benefits. Shitty management to do that, if you ask me, since the effort to do work sharing is basically filling out a bunch of paperwork and not that difficult… I wouldn’t do that personally if I was running that dept or group because generally I go out my way to make sure I don’t screw my people over, but hey I’m not running those depts or groups, so it’s not my problem.
I think the 8 people are hosting a virtual happy hour at 5pm today. I don’t know how that’s going to work. But I guess people drink over zoom on furlow day… lol. I guess $1050 can buy a lot of alcohol, I wouldn’t know.
In the age of people trying to get a loan forbearance, one might as well go after all the freebies imho. As as people said on the mortgage forbearance thread…Don’t hate the players, hate the game.
